Remote Oracle Conncetion Issue on Suse 9

Hi,

I have installed Oracle 9iR2 on Suse 9. I'm pretty sure that my TNS is setup correctly (since I have done this before on Windows boxes several times without incident). I can start the listener and the database no problem. I can connect locally via OEM or SQLPlus. I can also tnsping my instance (again, locally).

When I try to tnsping from a remote PC I get a " TNS: operation timed Out" message. I'm pretty sure that my DNS is setup okay since I can ping the Linux box remotely and ftp to it using the hostname used in my tnsnames.ora file. Is there something special I need to do to enable ports 1521 and 1526? It is almost like the Linux boxis ignoring the incoming requests for those ports. I see nothing in the listener log indicating an attempt to ping (or connect). Is this a firewall issue? How do I check this and where do I start? Sorry if there is a stupid answer, I'm relatively new to Linux.

Thanks for any assistance

Thanks,
Gerard
gbeck01_at_snet.net Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 21:48:45 CST